I'm sorry to any player who would like me to "cut to the chase". I've been trying (in my head) to find a way to move things forward, but I keep getting into role-playing. Not the best for PBP, I suppose (things take long enough as it is) but I hope everyone is enjoying it. Bear with me; this will get more action-oriented soon enough (I think). Finding balance between action and RP is hard enough IRL, it's really hard here.
There's just a lot of information I want to portray to you all without just dropping it all into a cut-scene post. I hope that's okay with you all.